passing out parameter

Question

I wrote a method with an out parameter:

-(NSString *)messageDecryption:(NSString *)receivedMessage outParam:(out)messageCondent
{   
    messageCondent = [re         


        

Answer 1

An "out parameter" is by definition a pointer to a pointer.

Your method should look like this:

-(NSString *)messageDecryption:(NSString *)receivedMessage outParam:(NSString **)messageCondent
{   
    *messageCondent = [receivedMessage substringFromIndex:2];
    return [receivedMessage substringToIndex:1];
}

This dereferences the passed-in pointer to get at the actual object reference and then assigns that to whatever [receivedMessage substringFromIndex:2] returns.

Invoking this method is quite simple:

NSString *messageCondent = nil;
NSString *mode = [myclassobject messageDecryption:message outParam:&messageCondent];